Genres: General: I am good with any one of the General catagories (except for Poetry. PLEASE find someone else!); Post Hogwarts and Mystery are where I really shine. I am also fairly good at picking out cliche's in Marauders era fics.Contest Submissions: I am most certainly willing to work with clients on the timeframes they need.Alternative Universe: I'll beta these if I am drawn into the concept of the story, but I accept them on a case by case basis.Dark/Angsty Fics: These I also accept on a case by case basis. If there is a good story behind them, though, then I can't resist.Romance: I don't write it myself, but I also have no specific pairings that I won't do. I'll do a Same Sex Pairing if there is no one else out there, but I'm sure there are betas out there better suited than myself.Humor: Yes, yes, YES!

Ships:
I don't write romance myself, but I'm willing to beta any ship. I'll do a Same Sex Pairing if there is no one else out there, but I'm sure there are betas out there better suited than myself.

Rating and Warnings:
I'll do any rating.Abuse: Depends on the contextAlternative Universe: On a case by case basis. I can't say no to a good story, but I would also like to see some effort put into the reasoning behind this warning.Book 7 Disregarded: See Alternative Universe (unless for pairing, then yes)Character Death: SureDH Spoilers: SureDubious Consent: Depends on the contextEpilogue? What Epilogue? See Alternative Universe (unless for pairing, then yes)Mental Disorders: SureMild Profanity: SureNon-Consentual Sex: Depends on the contextSelf Injury: Depends on the contextSexual Situations: Depends on the contextSlash: If there is absolutly no other betas out there.Strong Profanity: SureTeacher/Student Relationships: Depends on the contextSubstance Abuse: SureSuicide: Depends on the contextViolence: Sure

One Shot or Chaptered: Please check availability status

Turn Around Time/Availability: My normal turn around time is about a week, but I can work with time constraints.

Permanent Y/N: If you'd like a permanent beta, sure

Strengths: As an English student, I'm very good with grammar, plot points, and all technical aspects of writing a story. I also love bouncing ideas of my clients to help combat writer's block. But what I really pride myself on is helping OC's to "breathe". Also, after a year on the boards, I am fairly confident in my knowledge of canon.

Weaknesses: Brit-picking, but I've learned the importance of making British friends. I am also a student of the Being British class in order to help me with my weaknesses.

Style: Color Tracking

Method of Contact: Email is prefered, but I will do pm's too.

Other Information/Qualifications: I'm a third year college student, English major, and I have been telling stories ever since I was old enough to talk. I also work on both my college's newspaper and literary magazine as a writer and an editor respectively. I have been a beta on the boards for more than a year now, and have sixteen stories of my own on the site.

I requested this from you before but you were unavaliable. Now I see that you are free, and would love it if you could be a second beta for this story. Basically, I need help on keeping the characterization good, and I would like any plot help/opinions you could give me.

UserName: ginnygirl16Story: Untitled so farGenre: General, Marauder EraShips: There may be brief mention of James/Lily. I'm not sure yet as it is told from Peter Pettigrew's perspective.Rating and Warnings: I'm thinking 3rd-5th years with Character Death warnings. Word Count: The first chapter is sitting at 745 words right now. I hope to lengthen this up but might use it as a prologue.
One Shot or Chaptered: It was intended to be a one-shot but is most likely going to become between five and ten chapters.
Permanent Y/N: Right now I don't know. I'm mainly wanting to focus on getting the first chapter up. If everything works out, I might want you to stick around for the rest of the story.
Summary: Peter Pettigrew was always the misunderstood one. He was never talented on the Quidditch pitch like James. He couldn't woo the girls like Sirius. Nor, was he the well-liked Prefect and sometimes soft-spoken Remus. So how did he fit into this famous group of boys? Was he just the wimpy kid who just sort of tagged along behind them? No, he was not. So what was he?
Other Info: I'm not super rushed on this, so I'm okay with most turn-around times as long as it is within a week. I really want opinions on the ending of the chapter, and also some stuff concerning Pete's character as I have never written him (nor pictured him like this) before. Afifa is working with the grammer/punctuation, and also some plot problems but a second opinion would be great. I'm also perfectly fine with email.

Let me know whether you are interested at all.

--ginnygirl16

05-30-2009, 03:39 AM

OliveOil_Med

I know! It is amazing what finishing your last final can do for your availabilty calander!

But now that I have the time, I would love to beta this for you. I'll send you a pm very soon.

A one-shot written in Ginny's PoV as she reminisces about her life. 'Tis a song fic to 'Already Gone' by Sugarland (I'm starting to be less annoyed by all the country music my sister downloads on my MP3 player :D).

Areas help is needed: I love the idea for this story. I literally teared up as it came to mind and because of that, I shoved away everything else I was supposed to be doing tonight and wrote it in two hours. I'm just too lazy to go back through it though, and I know if I don't get a beta now, I'll shove the story aside and never go back to it. What I need help with is just... everything. I like the way I've ordered things and about 80% of the substance, but a lot of it isn't quite to my liking.

Interested? :)

*hugs*

-Ari-

05-30-2009, 02:24 PM

OliveOil_Med

For my lovely Portraits prof, of course! I will send you a pm shortly.

To everyone else, still Very Available.

05-31-2009, 08:54 PM

sorrow_of_severus

UserName: sorrow_of_severusStory: Strange New WorldGenre: HistoricalShips: OC/OCRating and Warnings: probably 3rd - 5th years; Abuse, Substance Abuse, Violence, (mild) Sexual SituationsWord Count: somewhere well over 10,000One Shot or Chaptered: ChapteredPermanent Y/N: Permanent for storySummary: When thirteen-year-old Muggle-born Hazel leaves England with her family for a better life in the New World, she never expected that she'd befriend a "savage". Falling Feather, a young man with magic, understands the threat that the white men pose to his people like few others do. Why, then, is he so intrigued by a certain white girl?

Worlds collide. Muggle with magic, English with Native American. Caught in the middle are two teenagers. Will they be able to find refuge in each other, or will their prejudices and fears hold them apart?

05-31-2009, 09:48 PM

OliveOil_Med

Wow! This sounds like an amazing story! And if you can tell from my own, I'm rather a fan of stories incorperating Native American Myth as well. I will send you a pm straight away!

Everyone else: Still Very Available!

06-03-2009, 11:17 PM

OliveOil_Med

Sure, I would be willing to take a look at it. I will send you a pm shortly.

06-04-2009, 02:45 AM

Tim the Enchanter

UserName: Tim the EnchanterStory: Untitled so far due to utter lack of imaginationGenre: Historical, I guess.Ships: USS Enterprise, Klingon Warbirds, and a Borg Cube. Well, none, actually...Rating and Warnings: 1-2 years, and no warnings that I can think ofWord Count: about 3000One Shot or Chaptered: One shotForm of the English Language (British, American, etc.): Tim's Standard EnglishPermanent Y/N: This is just a one shot, so this question is irrelevant. Yes, I suppose.Summary: This story is my entry for the Third Task of the Triwizard Tournament, prompt being that the character of my choice (Gellert Grindelwald) is a worker at a dragon preservation. The deadline for story posting is on Saturday, so I would appreciate it if the story was edited as quickly as possible.

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On another note, I have been writing more of Für Das Größere Wohl, and if I write quickly, I might get the next chapter out by this weekend. Are you still interested in beta'ing the story, after this LONG hiatus?

Tim the Enchanter

06-04-2009, 04:11 AM

OliveOil_Med

Sure, I will beta this, Tim, and I will do everything I can to get it to you as fast as I can. I will send you a pm straight away!